Board of Aldermen 12-23-2019 Page 28
Alderman Schmidt
Thank you. We may have to say goodbye to Alderman Gidge but we don’t have to say goodbye to
Representative Gidge, | am very glad for that. Maybe everybody knows a little bit more about him through
being here, but maybe you don’t know what he once climbed a flagpole and sat on the top. | thought that
would be a good thing, just a touch.
| wanted to thank Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja for all of her help. She has been a tremendous mentor and |
have learned so much, thank you very much. I’ve learned a lot from so many of you, it has been a
tremendous experience. And she’s right, there is a lot of minutia that we have in our heads that we simply
cannot bring out on to the floor here without taking hours and hours and hours. But we do study and we do
understand the issues and we are always available to our constituents if they need us.
| wanted to thank the JSSB, the Joint Special, because | know how hard that’s been. | know if we are
talking about minutia you guys are the kings of minutia. All the information is available on-line as far as |
know. Any questions that you have that you need help with, if you can’t find it on-line, reach out to
someone on that Committee because they have all the knowledge.
| wanted to thank Madam President, she’s been awesome. She stepped up when we needed her and she
has done a terrific job. Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanza, Happy Everything. Thank you
very much.
Alderman Clemons
Thank you. | want to just say that it’s been a real pleasure serving with Alderman Gidge. Alderman Gidge
has been a close family friend for a very long time. So it’s been great to serve in this capacity with one
another on the same Board. You serve your constituents in Ward 6, including myself very well and you will
continue to do so | know up in the Legislature. Please carry on that work and | hope you are running for re-
election for the House if your health allows it.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja | have learned a lot from you over the years. | think we have had a great working
relationship. When | was on the Board previously and then subsequent years when | have come back. We
will mist your advocacy on so many issues here on the Board and | hope you stay involved in Nashua.
With that | just want to wish everybody else Happy Holidays. May it be a prosperous and safe New Year.
President Wilshire
| too would like to thank Alderman Gidge for his service on the Board. | never knew you climbed a flag
pole. And we do appreciate Alderman Gidge, the work you will continue to do on the City’s behalf up in
Concord. So thank you very much for that and for your service on this Board, we really appreciate you.
Thank you.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja, where do | start? Not only will | miss you, but | will miss Bogdan and Caroline
too, because you just have a great family. Your service has been second to none for your constituents. |
know the last Ward 8 meeting | was at, how highly people spoke of the work you’ve done and the advocacy
on their behalf. So you will be missed. So thank you very much for that. Thank you Mary Ann.
Alderman Gidge, you asked me to come back around to you, so you are up.
Alderman Gidge
Tom Lopez you should be commended for tonight, thank you. As you all know, about a year ago | got
really sick, not dying from back to losing eyes etc. But | am getting much better and in the meantime, as
this was going on | wasn’t here. It was very obvious that when someone is missing you’ve got to work a
little bit longer and a little bit harder and you guys did it seamlessly.
